Barco R9010300 Home Theater System User Manual


 
8. Image Menu
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8.3 Aspect ratio
Aspect ratio is greyed out when the Full Screen Representa tion function in Display Setup is switched ON or
when the Show Native Resolution function in Image is switched ON.
What can be done ?
The aspect ratio setting forces the projector to project an image using a defined aspect ratio
Aspect ratio Description
Auto
Calculates an aspect ratio based on the information stored in the images files.
4:3
Standard television format
16:9
Wide screen television format / anamorphic format
5:4
Workstation format
2.35
Cine Scope 35 mm
2.88
1.78
Wide screen television format / anamorphic format
Letterbox
To display normal television formats which contain 16 to 9 signal information
Custom... To set up custom formats
Selecting Auto in case of a Video source may shrink the image horizontally or vertically
Some examples:
The first column shows the aspect ratios for a standard television signal with 4:3 image information. The only correct aspect ratio is
4:3. In all other cases the image is transformed.
The second column shows the aspect ratios for a standard television signal with 16:9 image information. The only correct aspect
ratio is “Letterbox”. In all other cases the image is transformed.
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